the dallas morning news laughed mystically observing the president's speech coincided with the early evening appearance of both jupiter and venus and suggested that the evening sky was an august ri of a bright future for the institute. not every newspaper was as perceptive. one local journal reported the finding in the same column as the news that con go, the world's largest circus elephant was coming to town. [laughter] we now know 1100 -- 100 years later those who bet on the greatness are ripe. i'll keep remarks shorter so i'd like to close with a personal word of congratulations to the president on having the privilege to serve at rice in the centennial, and i'm delighted to have the opportunity to call him president once again. now, any of you who have been to the supreme court know the justices on that court are used to asking lawyers a lot of questions. today, we're going to turn the ables a little bit, and we're going to have a lawyer ask me a lot of questions. thanks very much. [applause] >> thank you so much, mr. chief justice. before i begin, we have people from all parts o